Fishing-float.



No. 835,500. PATENTBD NOV. 13, 1906. P. E. CHESTER.

FISHING FLOAT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. 1908.

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FISHING-FLOAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. is, 1906'.-

Application filed September 19, 1906. Serial No. 335,211.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK E. CHESTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Floats, of which the followin is a specification, reference being had thereln to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to floats for use on fishing-tackle and the like, and has for its object to provide a core made in sections on which the float-cork is mounted, said sectional core being for the purpose of strengthening the device, facilitating the assembling of the parts, and cheapening the construction of the float.

The invention is fully set forth in this specification, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a section elevation of the device, showing the construction of the core and the cork body portion surrounding the same. Fig. 2 is an elevation illustrating all the members of the core as drawn apart or separated. Fig. 3 represents the little screw-shaped fastening device by which the line may be attached to the upper portion of the float. Fig. 4 illustrates another form of construction, showing the center spindle as being made in one )art and extending through the core whic is made in sections.

Referring to the drawings, at 1 is the cork body portion of the float, which may be made in any desired shape and in one piece or formed of a plurality of sections with a hole formed through the center of the same. The core is formed of wood or other suitable light material and is made in two sections, a lower section 3 and the upper section 4. On the end of the lower section is the head 5, that is provided with a hole 6, into which the spindle 7 is forced and secured by cement or other suitable fastening. On the upper end of the member 3 is a projection 8, that fits into a corresponding recess 9 in the upper member of the core. This upper member is also provided with a head 10, into which is bored a hole 11 to receive and retain the upper spindle 12, that is forced and suitably fastened therein. Another feature of the invention is the little screw-like device 13, made of flat wire, that engages the upper portion of the spindle, as illustrated at 13 in Fig.

1, and into which the fish-line may be drawn and firmly secured without other fastening. By this construction the line may also be readily disengaged therefrom when desired. At the lower end of the spindle 7 is also shown a wire coil, which is for the purpose of engaging and retaining the line at this end of the float.

I do not confine myself to the construction of a float with a spindle made in two parts, as one having a spindle extending way through the separable core may be constructed, as illustrated in Fig. 4, without departing from the spirit or scope of my invention.

By the use of a sectional core of the above construction many advantages are obtained in assembling and finishing the float over theold style where no core was used. After the cork body portion is roughed out into substan tially the desired shape the center hole is formed through the same for the reception of the wooden core, which core being made in sections is readily positioned therein by forcing the two parts through from both ends of the cork body, into which they fit tightly, and are also cemented to hold them firmly in position. The small projection 8 on the lower member fits closely into its corresponding aperture 9 in the upper member, into which it is also firmly cemented, thereby firmly supporting the cork body, making it strong and durable and providing a tough material at both ends on which to center and turn the body in finishing. In painting the bodies one of these holes is plugged, while the opposite end is set onto a spindle or piece to support the body while it is being painted and finished, after which the plugs are removed and the finished spindles 7 and 12 inserted into position, where they are firmly supported in this wooden core.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A float of the character described, comprising a cork body portion and a separable core to which said body is secured.

2. A float of the character described comrising a cork body portion, a core of a difihrent material made in sections, a head on each section, and means for securing the sections together.

3. In a float of the character described, a cork body provided with a central bore, a

wooden core made in sections each section being adapted to enter the bore of the cork body from either end thereof and fit tightly into the same, and means in said core for securing the sections together.

4. In a float of the character described, a cork body provided with a central bore, a Wooden core made in sections, each section being adapted to enter the bore of the cork body from either end thereof and fit tightly into the same, each of said sections being provided at one end with a head, means for securing the sections together, and said core being provided with means for receiving and retaining a spindle therein.

5. In a float of the character described, a cork body provided with a central bore, a wooden core made in sections, each section being adapted to enter the bore of the cork body from either end thereof and fit tightly into the same, means in said core for securing the sections together, said core being provided with an aperture at each end thereof,

and a short spindle adapted to fit into each of said apertures.

6. In a float of the character described, a cork body provided with a central bore, a Wooden core made in sections each section being provided at one end with a head, said core being adapted to enter the bore of the cork body from either end thereof and fit tightly into the same, a projection on the end of one section adapted to enter and fit closely into a corresponding recess in the opposite section for securing the sections together, each end of said core being rovided With an aperture, and a short spin le adapted to fit into each of said apertures and be retained therein.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 40 in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK E. CHESTER.

Witnesses HOWARD E. BARLOW, E. I. OGDEN. 

